Month: November 2019

Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson said Wednesday he intends to step down from the council presidency in January and is pushing for Councilwoman Nury Martinez to succeed him in the post. Wesson, president of the 15-member council since 2012, said he is leaving the powerful post to focus on his bid for a…

The stormy Thanksgiving holiday in California took some out-of-town travelers by surprise. They expected sunshine but got rain. “I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t pack a single coat in my suitcase. I thought I would be wearing flip-flops,” said Vy Powell, who traveled from Virginia to Orange County to visit her aging parents for the…

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“Les Misérables” is not merely named after Victor Hugo’s celebrated novel, it shares its setting and succeeds splendidly in a mutual goal. Directed and co-written by Ladj Ly, who was born, raised and still lives in Montfermeil, the perennially impoverished Parisian banlieue or suburb where Hugo set part of his story, “Les Misérables” has exploded…

You can take the writer out of California but you can’t take California out of the writer — or at least so I prefer to imagine, in my romantic fashion, during these dark days in which everything beautiful about the Golden State seems to be burning. Jean Stafford was born and raised in California (on…

LONDON —  Clive James, an Australian journalist, joker and intellectual who had a long career as a writer and broadcaster in the U.K., has died. He was 80. James’ representatives, United Agents, said he died Sunday at his home in Cambridge, north of London, and a private funeral was held Wednesday. James had been diagnosed with…

LeBron James, the next time you’re in Las Vegas, there’s a sweet “taco” with your name on it. It’s one smothered with ice cream and the L.A. Laker’s favorite cereal, which also is the pattern on his Nike-collaboration sneakers: Fruity Pebbles. The creation debuted Nov. 19 at one of the Vegas area’s newest eateries: the…

Think Black Friday-Cyber Monday sales are just for Instant pots and Electronics? Think travel instead, buying cheap tickets to the destinations of your dreams. You can expect to find good discounts during the flash sale season that starts Nov. 29 and ends Dec. 2, according to one fare-watching pro. “We can expect airlines to have…

Snow Valley was a ski marketer’s dream Wednesday: a ton of early snow for the resort’s opening day. Or maybe it wasn’t such a dream. Because Snow Valley had too much snow to open. That’s right, the little Running Spring resort two hours from L.A. postponed its opening day Wednesday. Weather permitting, the resort will…

Former model Elin Nordegren, who was married to pro golfer Tiger Woods in the 2000s, is taking another swing at selling her Florida mansion. After asking $49.5 million for the palatial estate last year, she’s put it back up for sale at $44.5 million, records show. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey Spanning 1.4 acres in…